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v Natural vegetation comprises of trees, shrubs and grasses which grow of their own.

v Tropical evergreen forests are found in the regions of heavy rainfall.
v Tropical deciduous forests are found in the regions of moderate rainfall.
v Tidal forests can survive in saline seawater.
v Thorny forests can survive in areas of scanty rainfall.
v In the Himalayas, we find deciduous forests in lower altitude and coniferous forests in higher altitudes.
v Effort should be made to conserve forests.

v India has a variety of wildlife and we should make effort to conserve it.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. Rosewood and mahogany are the two varieties of ____________ .

(a) evergreen forests (b) deciduous forests (c) thorny forests
2. Another name of mangrove forests is ____________ .
(a) thorny forests (b) tidal forests (c) coniferous forests
3. Pine and deodar are the varieties of ____________ .

(a) deciduous forests (b) coniferous forests (c) evergreen forests
4. Tropical deciduous forests are found in ____________ .
(a) Jharkhand (b) West Bengal (c) Assam

5. ____________ forests are also called mountain forests.
(a) tidal (b) coniferous (c) thorny
6. Sunderban is named after a tree known as ____________ .
(a) sandalwood (b) sal (c) sundri

7. Mangrove forests can survive in/on ____________ .
(a) saline water (b) mountains (c) polluted water
8. The Wildlife Week is observed in the first week of ____________ .

(a) October (b) September (c) November
B. Name any two :

1. evergreen trees (a) ____________ (b) ____________
2. deciduous trees (a) ____________ (b) ____________
3. rivers forming the Sundarbans (a) ____________ (b) ____________

4. thorny trees (a) ____________ (b) ____________
5. coniferous trees (a) ____________ (b) ____________
6. animal species peculiar to India (a) ____________ (b) ____________

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